Mapulane Surname

369,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 972 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Mapulane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mapulane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa8561:63,2927,962
Lesotho751:27,1015,291
Botswana391:56,07510,323
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Mapulane (1,456) may also be a first name.

Mapulane Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mapulane Come From? nationality or country of origin

Mapulane has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mapulane? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mapulane is the 369,806th most prevalent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 7,497,475 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapulane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 204,378th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,456 people.

The last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 856 people, or 1 in 63,292. In South Africa Mapulane is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 37 percent live, Limpopo, where 37 percent live and North West, where 16 percent live. Outside of South Africa Mapulane is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 8 percent live and Botswana, where 4 percent live.

Mapulane Last Name Statistics demography

Mapulane earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 27.71% less than the national average, earning R 171,780 per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mapulane
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